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March saw the highest number of monthly boardings for Capital Metro services, surpassing prepandemic numbers.
ride with Capital Metro in March, the highest number of riders in one month the service has seen since February 2020, according to the agency. Data from a CapMetro news release shows 2.2 million customers utilized transit agency CapMetro’s services in March—a 25% increase compared to 1.7 million customers in March 2022. With MetroRail services to and from downtown as well as Metro- Bus and MetroRapid services with stops around the city, CapMetro offers MetroExpress bus routes for residents in North Austin and other outlying areas, plus a ride-sharing option called Pickup. CapMetro representatives said every one of its services saw an increase in ridership in March with Pickup ride-hailing and MetroEx- press bus services seeing the largest increases—71.4% and 33%, respec- tively—in comparison to last March. MetroBus and MetroRapid ridership also each increased by 26%.
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CapMetro representatives said the jump in ridership numbers could be due to several factors, such as the South by Southwest Conference & Festivals, which usually generate an uptick in ridership, CapMetro Com- munications Specialist Blythe Nebeker said in an email. “Compared to last year and even the last few months, traffic has picked up in Central Texas during rush hours.
More people are starting to return to the office, which could be one reason for the increase,” Nebeker said. The total number of boardings this year through March reached nearly 6 million, CapMetro’s performance dashboard shows. As the service grows, CapMetro representatives maintain the agency has been working to improve its on-time performance, which is around 80%.
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